Nice to see all sorts of assumptions are being made above. I’m doing all the rehabilitation exercises I’ve been given and after four and a half months my NHS physio appointment has come through so i will also have a second opinion. I live in deepest darkest Scotland so its this gym or no gym. While I do need to eat a little less (still eating usual exercise amounts four months later) I’ve yet to be called fat and I’m syill usually one of the first to the top of a climb, I’m just not feeling fit.

There’ll be as much cycling as I can fit in too but with a wife, twin toddlers and a full time job this is usually only twice a week at this time of year.

Thanks for all the input. I’ve found a plan that I think will suit me and see how the next few weeks develop, you never know I may enjoy it and keep doing it once I’ve been given the all clear.

Molgrips – I can but remembering to do it for all fifty lengths is a different challenge. It’s just time to be sensible and stop doing the things that put me one step back.

MSP – It’s back to the habit, I’ve always properly pushed off from the edge of the pool, and once you get into the lengths and onto automatic as it were I forget to adjust. It’s at the point it doesn’t hurt at the time but I feel it the next day. I’ve always been a spinner on the bike and its easy to adjust the route accordingly. They’re also different movements, spring off the toes in the pool but the foot stays relatively flat cycling.

If I want to keep the belly at bay I should stop working at a desk. The belly is not really that bad it’s just I’ve gone from lots of activity to not so much while the body repairs. If it turns out to be permanent then I’ll eat less. Otherwise I’m fit and healthy.

I figured that a circuit type approach might be best. Is the accepted approach work everything? Any links to a dumbbell circuit session?

I figured there would be extra costs to me. Are there reliable online sources or should I talk to an accountant or business gateway or…?

Some great advice as always from singletrack. I have an inkling of what an normal rate in the “industry” (marine pollution policy) might be but had no idea how to justify it or if I was right. The times 2 method seems a good start.

I have a few days to dwell on it and find out a bit more about the expected time involved. It would involve a couple of trips to Malta so I hope it works out!

Thanks everybody. She has purchased one from WEX. Looking forward to playing with it.

Thanks everybody. Great to hear good feedback on the camera. I’ve heard of WEX so pleased to hear they’re recommended. Obviously heard of amazon as well. I’ve yet to dip my toe into the world of cashback sites. Which ones are reputable?

Thanks,

Don’t want to wait three weeks so that counts those ones out. Will have a good look at the other two.

Thanks for all the information everyone. Excuse the slow response, work took me away for a day or two.

Thanks.

Stoner – Look fwd to some pics.

db – The width (across the van) is obvious but what about the other dimension? Would you trust two 3 year olds up there or should I consider netting to keep them in?

Cheers

Thanks,

I’ll have a wee look at the map tonight but one of those should do. Just trying to break up the day in a car as much as anything else.

If your distance is in miles perhaps the height is in feet. Never used endomondo though so really I have no idea.

My first 5 years of riding was all bridleways. That’s what we had out the door and there was no such thing as a groomed predictable trail centre. Now i live in Scotland so as above don’t need to worry.

Thanks. ArcGIS seems to take the lead and the one basic research suggests is most in use. I can’y get near a copy but could possibly get one through work. I can but ask.

Some useful suggestions. Now I just need to figure out the one works for me.

Cheers

I’ve had one in the back of a 1999 polo (possibly with two wheels removed- i’ll check with the wife) and the back of a Z1 with all three wheels removed (a quick enough job). I can measure it folded once the boys wake up from there nap if you need.

Nipper is smaller than the Mountain buggy and gets through far more house and shop doors.

We’re deepest darkest Aberdeenshire

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Thanks for the replies all. A bit more research needed. No HD telly here and two babies and a single wage mean the tv we have is absolutely fine.

If I buy a box from john lewis (for example) do I have to buy the dish elsewhere? And how do I know what channels I will get?

I’ve always relied on traditional means for watching telly so its all a bit new to me.

About 9 months but that was dictated by the Aberdeenshire winter as much as anything else.

Thanks again. Money saved and a happy bank manager.

Thanks everyone.

I shall start to follow up the various leads.

That would be much appreciated

The Ceilidh Place in Ullapool. Spent part of my honeymoon there. Doesn’t feel like a hotel at all (in a good way, the food is fantastic and the book shop is great.

Pittodrie House hotel near Inverurie if you want something in the NE.

You could try Countryside job service, Environment Jobs and Evergreen

The Adventure AT3 is my kind of price, I'll have a look at them.

The price is a shock, are they really that good?

A combination of metcheck, bbc and xc weather. Sometimes they're similar.

Nice to see some brands getting multiple recommendations, food for thought…

cycleworld – I'd love a ti frame but an environmental job dictates otherwise. I might pop over the hill at some point though to see what stock you carry.

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Thanks all, that should provide me with a bit of evening research.